[Chloe Fath]

Chloe wasn't sure what had led her out here. She had finally decided to go look around the island, maybe add another Pokémon to the team. She had originally planned to stay close to her dorm, but apparently that had not happened. Instead, she found herself over by the Bolt dorm, in a place called Blissfury Plains. It was a weird name, she had thought.

Well, now that she was here, it made perfect sense. It was a place that should have been lovely, but the weather was atrocious, and she was quite nervous of all the lightning rods around. They were said to keep everyone safe, but Chloe could see several ways that could go horribly wrong. Luckily, she had Cal out with her. Tem remained in the pokeball in her pocket. She still needed to figure out a better way to carry those. Cal didn't seem frightened in the least. If anything, he was a bit put out at the weather. It was a bit wet for him.

"Sorry, Cal," Chloe sighed, kneeling to pat him on the head, "I thought it was supposed to be nice out."

Cal growled softly, which was generally the tone in which he conversed with her. Chloe took that as forgiveness, rubbing her hand over the skull he wore on his head one last time. Man, had that taken forever to get used to. It was still kind of weird sometimes.

Standing back up, she glanced around, wondering where to start. People found Pokémon all the time, sometimes without even trying, so how hard could it be? In all honesty, she hadn't meant for that to be her main goal in coming out here, but now that the weather was so unwelcoming, she wasn't exactly in the mood for a picnic.

[Kitten4u]

Behold!



Species: Lickitung
Gender: Male
Ability: Oblivious
~Moves~
Wring Out
Wrap
Defense Curl
Stomp

[Chloe Fath]

Well, she hadn't been expecting that. She wasn't sure what she had been expecting, but it had not been a Lickitung. She had kind of thought she'd end up running into an Electric-type, seeing as she was by the Bolt dorms and there was literally electrical currents passing over her head, but she supposed anything was possible. This would be important information to note for the future.

Chloe peered closer at the short pink figure, realizing that his tongue was sort of half-drawn into his mouth. She frowned, exchanging a look with Calhoun. The Cubone put a little hand on her calf, then darted towards the Lickitung, obviously concerned. The girl followed after, her feet sliding a bit on the slick grass.

"What's wrong?" She questioned as she got closer, Cal already murmuring to the pink creature in his quiet, muffled voice. As Chloe approached, he gestured towards her, clearly indicating that it was alright to trust her.

The Lickitung looked at her warily for a moment, then extended his tongue. It looked a bit...charred? Chloe quickly realized what must have happened. There were lightning rods all around them. She knew better than to get close, because she knew what they were, and Cal would be completely immune to them, but to the average wild Pokémon? Especially if perhaps they weren't from this part of the island in the first place.

She figured he probably touched his tongue to one. Pokémon were tougher than people, but that still had to hurt!

"You poor thing!" Chloe immediately exclaimed, kneeling and pulling her backpack off her back and towards her to look through. She had just gathered some berries that day, and she figured one of them could help him. She didn't have any specifically for burns, but still...

She grabbed a Lum berry out, breaking it so that she could drip the juice onto the Lickitung's tongue. It seemed to help, and so she let him eat the rest of the berry.

A few minutes later, he seemed back to new! Chloe giggled as he flicked his tongue about, as though testing it out, and then gave her a happy slurping lick up the side of her face. Her eyes got huge and she felt a little weird, but she quickly laughed it off.

"Okay, okay! You're welcome! Please don't slobber on me." She didn't want to feel the weird almost-paralysis. Gross. Not at all like Vulpix kisses.

"Tung!" He exclaimed, pressing his head up against her until she stroked the bald top of his head like she did with Cal and his skull helmet.

"Where will you go now? You aren't from this area, are you?" Chloe put a finger to her chin, watching the Normal-type shake his head in a sad sort of lost confusion. She already had a Normal-type, but she couldn't just leave this guy here. Who knew what trouble he'd get into next? She was certain she could find something for him to do.

"Alright, well, how would you like to come with me?" She asked, almost getting tackled over with the enthusiasm of his response. She put her arms around him, hugging him, and laughing, "Alright, I'll take that as a yes!"

She set an empty pokéball down in front of him, which he licked, inspiring another cringe from the girl. Still, his pink form turned to red energy and was drawn inside. The ball clicked, and Chloe smiled, picking it up. Her first catch!

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Lickitung caught!
+1 EXP to Cal for being a little helper.